Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Exercises and Problems - Page 207: 31

Answer

$403\space rev/day$

Work Step by Step

Let's assume this star is a solid sphere. In this case, there's no external torque. So its angular momentum is conserved. We can write, $I_{1}\omega_{1}=I_{2}\omega_{2}-(1)$ For a solid sphere, Rotational Inertia $(I)=\frac{2}{5}MR^{2}-(2)$ $(2)=\gt(1)$ $\frac{2}{5}MR_{1}^{2}\omega_{1}=\frac{2}{5}MR_{2}^{2}\omega_{2}$ $\omega_{2}=\omega_{1}(\frac{R_{1}}{R_{2}})^{2}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $\omega_{2}=\frac{1\space rev}{34.4\space day}(\frac{4.96\times10^{8}m}{4.21\times10^{6}m})^{2}= 403\space rev/day$
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